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full and free download (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Modern Marvels - Machu Picchu Perched in the Peruvian Andes, sixteen hundred feet above the rivervalley below, is the engineering marvel of Machu Pichu. Here, without the use of the wheel or iron tools, Inca craftsmen constructed a city of stone. The sight demonstrates Inca engineering at it's best. Designers constructed more than 600 terrasses to keep the city from sliding down the mountain. Hydraulic...
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PXDCO Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Click Here to download full episode From starting our cars to protecting us from X-rays to playing a role in our dad’s favorite phrase (”Hey, get the lead out!”), this versatile yet toxic metal has served mankind for 6,000 years. This new episode explores lead’s fascinating dimensions — from the vast mines where it’s found to [...]
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io9 (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
If you're tired of getting your science porn fix from Modern Marvels and Mega Disasters, there's a cool new science show you should check out tomorrow night. The pilot for indie-rock/indie-tech... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
History Channel presentation, RT48:07. The machines at the center of the information age have revolutionized our lives and digitalized our world, making previously unthinkable tasks automatic and linking people from around the planet. MODERN MARVELS® presents a fascinating exploration into the history of the computer. See Charles Babbage's Victorian "counting machine," a mechanical computer that produced...
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1UP (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Budweiser isn't glamorous; it won't earn you any respect among beer snobs. It won't convey high social status to potential mates. But it is the king of beers. Why? Because, according to an episode of Modern Marvels I recently watched (in a state of questionable sobriety and at an early-morning hour), the massive-scale brewing of a beer that is both light in color and free of off flavors (or for that...
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DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Rent It The Show: Recently the History Channel released a whopping 14 disc collection of its popular and long-lasting series Modern Marvels . In it were random episodes from different points in its run but the unfortunate thing is that we haven't had a complete collection as of yet. Granted fans still have to wait but if you have the space on your DVD shelf there are still single volumes coming out...
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Market Wire - Environment: Natural Resource Management (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
CINCINNATI, OH (MARKET WIRE) Cold Jet, LLC, the global leader in dry ice blast cleaning and production solutions, today announced that its Aero dry ice blast cleaning system will be featured on the long-running History Channel documentary television series, "Modern Marvels." The episode, which will air on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. EDT/8:00 p.m. CDT, focuses on mold and fungus and will...
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The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Originally airing on the History Channel, MODERN MARVELS: 80’S TECH (just out on DVD) is a look at the technology that was created in the 80’s that is so commonplace today. There are segments on the personal computer (Steve Wozniak is interviewed) VCRs, video games, the walkman, cell phones, and the games of the decade (Rubik’s Cube, Simon). In each story, they cover the history of the technology,...
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TV Squad (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Filed under: Programming , What To Watch Tonight , Reality-Free The news channels and C-SPAN have coverage of the last night of the Democratic National Convention . ABC, CBS, NBC, and some PBS stations join in at 10. At 7, NBC has Preseason Football , the Jaguars vs. the Redskins. USA has more coverage of The U.S. Open starting at 7. At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother . Discovery Channel has two new...
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DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Rent It The Show: Recently the History Channel released a whopping 14 disc collection of its popular and long-lasting series Modern Marvels . In it were random episodes from different points in its run but the unfortunate thing is that we haven't had a complete collection as of yet. Granted fans still have to wait but if you have the space on your DVD shelf there are still single volumes coming out...
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Jezebel (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Behold: An image from Heidi Montag's video for her nauseating single, "Overdosin'." Olivia Newton-John-insipired? American Apparel-inspired? Designed to make you curse the very day this woman was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
GRAND ISLAND, NE (MARKET WIRE) Wheatware(TM), an innovative "green technology" company, turns surplus wheat into evolutionary products showcased on an upcoming History Channel Modern Marvels show on "Wheat."
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Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
So much attention in this energy debate has been paid to the use of oil to fuel our cars and homes. But oil has a lot of other uses in our daily lives. Tonight on the History channel's Modern Marvels, they will be...
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Brewed for Thought (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Gotta love it when beer makes it’s way onto the television. Unfortunately, most beer shows are pretty bad. I got a text message from a friend a few days ago alerting me to a beer show on History Channel, but I ignored it, thinking it was the Modern Marvels show I had seen numerous times. [...]
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Repman (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Have you checked out The History Channel's programming of late? Guess what? It has little, or nothing, to do with history anymore. Instead, there's pablum like "Ice Road Truckers" and "Modern Marvels." What became of historical documentaries? Or, "Movies in...
